piper17

There was a Beech 18 at Eustis in the late 70s or early 80s> I know that because I did some drop tests for Pioneer using it. It Had to be in a dive to get the airspeed we needed to achieve the load on the canopy we wanted. Silly was helping me but my memory doesn't provide me any more details at the moment. I don't remember ever jumping it there, however....just the C-180. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

Funny...I don't recall Ted Kennedy resigning from the Senate or Barney (the banking queen) Frank resigning from the House. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

Jim Bates had one IIRC...back in the day! "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

"They are either entitled to the protections of our constitution or the protections of the Geneva Convention, which also requires the advising of certain rights, and the right to representation in the event of a prosecution. " What do you base this upon? Can you cite some legal statutes for me. Is there something in the Geneva Convention that specifically cites this? Why have we never done this before? Or, if we have, can you cite examples? "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

You might like to take a closer look at what the Allies did at the end of WWII with German and Japanese military leaders. Many were tried, some were imprisoned, some were executed. And, many POWs were held for a number of years at the end of hostilities...especially by the Soviets but by other Allied powers as well. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

Does this mean that Ted Kaczynski, the Uni-Bomber was a left-wing extremist that the "Demo-holes" should run for Congress? What about these radical lefties running around burning down housing tracts, ski resorts, etc because of their radical environmental agenda? Get real, there are nuts on both extremes and they don't reflect the mainstream right or left. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

In US custody but in a foreign, sovereign country with an elected government. Whose law are they breaking by their acts against the coalition forces in Afghanistan? Did Harry Truman order the US military to "mirandize" North Korean and Chinese soldiers captured during the Korean War...ooops, I mean "police action"? Did Clinton order the Somalis captured in the ill-fated Somali adventure during the 90s to be "mirandized"? Perhaps what should have happened is that Bush should have asked Congress for a declaration of war for the Afghanistan effort. That might have settled the matter of whether they are "enemy combatants" or just lawbreakers or, since they don't wear uniforms, they could be considered spys and simply tried and executed. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

Please explain how do these "terrorists" who are foreign nationals, not US citizens, not captured in the United States, not committed a crime in the United States get rights that apply to only US citizens in the US? Does this mean that a Kenyan has to receive Miranda warnings if they rob a bank in Kenya? I'm not sure that the Kenyan authorities would agree with you on that. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

You'd think with 400 hp, that with only 5 jumpers and a pilot on board, it would be a decent climbing A/C. I flew a recip Porter years ago (once belonged to Steve Snyder) which had a 350hp engine (I think) that didn't exactly rocket to altitude but would climb like about like a C-182 if you kept the IAS within plus/minus 3kts of best rate of climb...and that was with 8 jumpers and pilot. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

...and after the B-26 Marauder was phased out, the A-26 Invader was re-designated as B-26. During the early stages of the Vietnam war, for PC reasons, it was re-designated again back to A-26. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

well, I'm well aware that they certainly play a role...Medicare, etc but states really muck up the market each with their own specific regulations, etc. If you think it is bad now, wait until "O" gets done with it....or as P.J. O'Rourke said "If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free" "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

Well, under the First Amendment, I think he has a right to an opinion and to express it. After all, he was there. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

"General government incompetence?" Gee, aren't these the people that are going to be running our health care in the near future? That should really be fun! "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

It seems to me that it was the Europeans that created the state of Israel, not the United States. If you don't like what the Israelis are doing, then let Europe do something about it. Stop complaining to the U.S. "The modern state of Israel has its religious roots in the Biblical Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael), a concept central to Judaism since ancient times,[8][9] and the heartland of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah.[10] Following the birth of political Zionism in 1897 and the Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations granted Britain the British Mandate of Palestine after World War I, with responsibility for establishing "...such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions, and also for safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion..."[11] In November 1947 United Nations decided on partition of Palestine into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and a UN-administered Jerusalem.[12" "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

People are concerned because North Korea's leadership is just crazy enough to use nuclear weapons on their neighbors on a first-strike basis. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling